Migrations of adult horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, in the Middle Atlantic Bight: A 17-year tagging study

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-40

  Swan, B L ^a  

^a Limuli Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 15744369784     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02732751     Document Type: Article

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